Tubize 2069

For other uses, see Tubize (disambiguation).
HELENA
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Atelier de Tubize Metalugieque
Serial number 2069
Build date 1927[1]
Specifications
Configuration 0-6-0T
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Driver dia. 1,100 mm (3.6 ft)
Loco weight 40 tonnes[1]
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 1000 kg[1]
Heating surface 104.75 m2[1]
Cylinders 2[1]
Valve gear Walschaerts[1]
Loco brake Steam
Train brakes Air, fitted 2000[1]
Performance figures
Maximum speed 45 kilometres per hour (28 mph)[1]
Career
Operators SDP[1]
Current owner BVS
Disposition In service

Tubize 2069 is a preserved Belgian industrial steam locomotive built by Ateliers de Tubize. The wheel notation is 0-6-0T. The locomotive has been named "HELENA".[2]

At least 15 locomotives of this type were built. Three were built for the National Local Railways Company (Dutch: Nationale Maatschappij van de Buurtspoorwegen). At least three (but no more than six) were built for Métallurgie Hoboken Overpelt factory. Loco No 2069 was one of them.

Tubize 2069 was used by Métallurgie Hoboken Overpelt until the 1970s. Later it came to the SDP heritage railway (in Dendermonde). It has been restored now and is operational during the summer of 2010.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Lok 4: Tubize 2069 "Helena" Pagina 3 van 3" (in Dutch). Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Lok 4: Tubize 2069 "Helena" Pagina 1 van 3" (in Dutch). Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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